Cardinal Mooney girls basketball advances to state title game

The Cougars will play Miami Country Day School at 10 a.m. Saturday in Lakeland.

By Ryan Kohn
| 6:30 p.m. February 22, 2023

The Cardinal Mooney girls basketball team is headed to the state title game for the third-straight season.

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Will the third time be the charm?

The Cardinal Mooney High girls basketball team hopes so.

The Cougars (21-5) defeated King's Academy 52-39 on Wednesday at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland to advance to the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A state championship game for the third-straight year. They will play Miami Country Day School (24-7), who beat the Cougars in the 2021 title game, at 10 a.m. Saturday in Lakeland.

Sophomore guard Bri Behn led the Cougars with 17 points against King's Academy, while Olivia Davis, the team's lone senior, added 14 points. Mooney's tight defense was a deciding factor; the Cougars limited King's Academy to two points in the third quarter.

Miami Country Day is the No. 1 ranked team in the class according to MaxPreps while Mooney is No. 3.

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Ryan Kohn

Ryan Kohn is the sports editor for Sarasota and East County and a Missouri School of Journalism graduate. He was born and raised in Olney, Maryland. His biggest inspirations are Wright Thompson and Alex Ovechkin. His strongest belief is that mint chip ice cream is unbeatable.